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D-Index
48
Citations
13051
World Ranking
3079
National Ranking
173

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

Monica Heller is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research spans several fields of study primarily within social sciences and arts and humanities, with a strong emphasis on linguistics and sociocultural dimensions of language. The main fields of their work include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Arts and Humanities

The subfields they have contributed to encompass various interdisciplinary areas such as:

  • Linguistics and Language
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Language and Linguistics
  • Philosophy
  • Literature and Literary Theory

Their research topics reflect a diverse engagement with language in social contexts, including:

  • Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies
  • Multilingual Education and Policy
  • Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
  • Linguistics and Discourse Analysis
  • Canadian Identity and History
  • Linguistic Variation and Morphology
  • Discourse Analysis in Language Studies

Monica Heller has a consistent record of publications in prominent venues. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • International Journal of the Sociology of Language
  • Francophonies d'Amérique
  • Journal of Sociolinguistics
  • Anthropen
  • Anthropologica

Among their recent published papers are the following:

  • "Sociolinguistic frontiers: Emancipation and equality" (2020), International Journal of the Sociology of Language
  • "Introduction. Un Canadien errant: les mobilités et la construction de la francité canadienne" (2021), Francophonies d'Amérique
  • "Introduction to the Theme Series 'Decentring the Anglosphere'" (2021), Journal of Sociolinguistics
  • "Scholarly committees as elite public action: The SSRC and the origins of sociolinguistics" (2020), International Journal of the Sociology of Language

In addition to articles, their book publications include:

  • Éléments d'une sociolinguistique critique (2023), École normale supérieure Editions

Monica Heller has collaborated frequently with several scholars, including:

  • Bonnie McElhinny
  • Gabrielle Breton-Carbonneau
  • Yves Frénette
  • Natalie Schilling
  • Patricia Lamarre

Throughout their career, they have received recognition such as being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2005 within the Academy of Social Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Globalization, the new economy, and the commodification of language and identity

    Monica Heller

  • Language in Late Capitalism: Pride and Profit

    Alexandre Duchêne;Monica Heller

  • The Commodification of Language

    Monica Heller

  • Linguistic minorities and modernity : a sociolinguistic ethnography

    Monica Heller

  • Bilingualism: A Social Approach

    Monica Heller

  • Bilingualism as Ideology and Practice

    Monica Heller

  • Paths to Post-Nationalism

    Monica Heller

  • Discourses of endangerment : ideology and interest in the defence of languages

    Monica Heller;Alexandre Duchêne

  • Paths to Post-Nationalism: A Critical Ethnography of Language and Identity

    Monica Heller

  • Language choice, social institutions, and symbolic domination

    Monica Heller

  • Codeswitching: Anthropological and Sociolinguistic Perspectives

    Monica Heller

  • Voices of authority : education and linguistic difference

    Monica Heller;Marilyn Martin-Jones

  • Language, Capitalism, Colonialism: Toward a Critical History

    Monica Heller;Bonnie McElhinny

  • Linguistic commodification in tourism

    Monica Heller;Joan Pujolar;Alexandre Duchêne

  • The Politics of Codeswitching and Language Choice.

    Monica Heller

  • Language and the nation‐state: Challenges to sociolinguistic theory and practice1

    Monica Heller

  • Legitimate Language in a Multilingual School.

    Monica Heller

  • Crosswords: Language, Education and Ethnicity in French Ontario

    Monica Heller

  • Linguistic Minorities And Modernity

    Monica Heller

  • Pride and Profi t: Changing Discourses of Language, Capital and Nation-State

    Monica Heller;Alexandre Duchêne

  • Voices of Authority: Education and Linguistic Difference. Contemporary Studies in Linguistics and Education, Volume 1.

    Monica Heller;Marilyn Martin-Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Blommaert
Jan Blommaert Tilburg University
Ben Rampton
Ben Rampton King's College London
Adam Jaworski
Adam Jaworski University of Hong Kong
Kendall A. King
Kendall A. King University of Minnesota
Peter Auer
Peter Auer University of Freiburg
Walt Wolfram
Walt Wolfram North Carolina State University
Paul Drew
Paul Drew University of York
Douglas W. Maynard
Douglas W. Maynard University of Wisconsin–Madison
Aneta Pavlenko
Aneta Pavlenko Temple University
Alessandro Duranti
Alessandro Duranti University of California, Los Angeles

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